Pulisic picked up the ball on the right side of the box as Lukasz Piszczek streamed forward on an overlapping run to his right. That’s the ball Pulisic likely would have played last year.

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But the 18-year-old American is looking to up his goal output this season, and opted for a shot. He scored just three Bundesliga goals in his breakout 2016-17 campaign, and is hoping to improve upon that tally in 2017-18. In that department, he’s off to a fantastic start.

Then, in the second half, Pulisic played the role of provider. His driven cross found a sliding Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at the far post to give Dortmund a 3-0 lead at Wolfsburg:

Marc Bartra had doubled the visitors’ lead with a wonderful goal five minutes after Pulisic’s opener in the first half. “I would probably give my goal a B grade,” Pulisic joked after the game. “Marc’s goal was a little bit better, an A for his effort.”

After finishing third last season – 18 points off Bayern Munich’s title-winning pace – Dortmund couldn’t have asked for a much better 60 minutes to start the season, and Pulisic was a big part of that.